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Sango Sands, UK

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Sango Sands. Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Sango Sands

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces NE (35°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (215°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 5–19 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 8°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 14°C in August, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). The town to stay in is Durness, 0.7 km away (about 5 min by car).

Water about 12°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 05 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to INV, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB).

    See flights ORD → INV · Skyscanner from about £370 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 2 h 25 from the airport to Sango Sands.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Sango Sands does not suit intermediates. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct294 ft8 shollow232kJ11°C
Mon 19Oct587 ft11 shollow1,148kJ12°C
Tue 20Oct316 ft11 shollow760kJ12°C
Wed 21Oct325 ft10 shollow489kJ10°C
Thu 22Oct335 ft8 shollow325kJ10°C
Fri 23Oct284 ft9 shollow265kJ8°C
Sat 24Oct286 ft9 shollow453kJ8°C
Sun 25Oct155 ft10 shollow549kJ10°C
Mon 26Oct124 ft9 shollow258kJ9°C
Tue 27Oct64 ft9 smushy226kJ9°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to INV, changing at DUB, then 2h 25 by road. About 18h 05 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Sango Sands

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, wind 11 kn (21 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Sango Sands

    Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Sango Sands

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Sango Sands

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to INV, changing at DUB, then 2h 25 by road. About 18h 05 door to door

The trip from Durness, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,100–£2,040 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to INV, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£370–£765
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£105–£175
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£250–£420
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£100–£170
Total£1,100–£2,040

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Durness

  • Sango Sands Breakfast BarBreakfast and brunch · 0.3 km from the centre
  • The Durness Food SpotBreakfast and brunch · 1.3 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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